Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny Phoridae

Posted by Onmal on 05-04-2021 09:22
#1

Hello,
Here is a tiny Phoridae (about 1.3mm) that I would like to identify.
Reading the gallery and this topic, I will make it Borophaga.
However, it is much smaller and the shape of the ocelli bearing protuberance seems quite different.

Do you have an idea?
Thank you!


www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/2021-04-04-21.44.17%20ZS%20PMax.lmdi.jpg
Paul Vignac : France, Normandy 04/04/2021
Height : 150 m - Taille : 1,3mm
Réf. : 278570


Sorry for the quality of the picture...

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos278/big/2021-04-04-22.48.47%20ZS%20PMax.lmdi.jpg
Paul Vignac : France, Normandy : 04/04/2021
Height : 150 m - Taille : 1,3mm
Réf. : 278571

Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2021 07:05
#2

It does not look as if vein 3 has dorsal setae, so that would rule out Borophaga. I cannot make out enough details to say with any certainty which genus it is but I would not be surprised if it is a Megaselia...

Posted by Onmal on 06-04-2021 09:18
#3

Thank you for your reply.
I was totally beside the point...